During a Television Critics Association panel on Friday, “Big Little Lies” writer and creator David E. Kelley said he and the cast had agreed that Season 2 would only happen if it would be “compelling enough that it will rise up to the first year,” The Hollywood Reporter reported.

“We met and talked about what the stories were. We were very unflinching and candid with each other about ones we thought were viable and the ones we thought were not good enough,” he continued. “We didn’t finally agree to set sail until we had the commitment, en banc, from all of us, that this was storytelling we all felt passionate about.”

Dern shared a few teaser stills of the cast from the new season on Instagram on Friday.